"The series came down to one goal," lamented Bob Nystrom. "It's heartbreaking." The feeling was repeated a year later when the hated Rangers upset an again favored Isles team. This time the word ...

"I remember after we beat Minnesota in five games in 1981," recalled 1980 playoff hero Bob Nystrom, "people wondered whether we could make it three in a row; and I said, 'Why not a dynasty?" ...

Those teams included stars like Denis Potvin, Mike Bossy, Bob Nystrom, Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies and Billy Smith. New York is also just one of three four-peat teams in NHL history.

On the day after the NHL trade deadline, it seemed perfectly fitting that Butch Goring was hanging around Rexall Place in his current duties as the New York Islanders TV colourman. This ...